FOR THE LOVE OF THE ARTS
17th OCTOBER @ THE YOUTH HUB
JOIN US IN CREATING AN ACCESSIBLE, NURTURING ENVIRONMENT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER AND PERFORM.
For The Love Of The Arts’ reduces as many barriers to performing as possible by providing an accessible space for groups of young people from different performing arts schools to come together and perform. As a central part of our kaupapa is reducing barriers, groups simply show up and perform – no costumes, hair or makeup, extra rehearsal times or cost to be involved.
To keep our young people in the arts, 40% of ticket proceeds will go towards funding scholarships for as many performers as possible to continue their chosen artform for another term.
We welcome all businesses/ community groups/ individuals who offer dance, drama, singing, or any other performing art to join us in celebrating and creating a nurturing space for our young people. We have space for each group involved to bring 1-2 performance items. We encourage everyone involved to bring students who may not get to perform often.
WHO CAN BE INVOLVED?
WHAT CAN WE EXPECT?
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Some of the way’s we’ve made it easier on performers, families + businesses/groups are:
No costumes, everyone wears whatever black clothes they have at home. This helps reduce the financial cost of costumes, the stress of getting kids into costumes in the morning and reduces disparities across our community.
No makeup. Families don’t have to worry about carving out time (and the mental energy) to do their kids makeup. No going out and buying lipstick or more products. Performers simply show up as they are.
No extra rehearsals beforehand. Drop off is 2 hours earlier than the performance time, and we don’t expect families to stick around. Before the show we have allowed for lots of time to settle the kids into the space, for them to practice in a new environment, and to run some fun cross-community activities.
No parent helpers. We don’t expect families to give up their time instead of watching their children on stage. This performance is for the families just as much as the children and we know our young people want their loved ones out their watching them shine!
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It’s important to us that our young people feel like they are in an environment where they can simply try their best on the day. If their best on the day is simply to watch from the side, that’s okay, we’re their to champion everyone at all stages of their journey with the arts.
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It’s not often our young people get to be surrounded by lots of other likeminded people their age. It’s also not often, us as providers or teachers get to collaborate with others in our community. For that reason we have designed the event to foster a sense of cross-community collaboration as much as possible.
Our Story
For The Love Of The Arts is brought to you by Sole, with support from The Youth Hub. ‘For The Love Of The Arts’ came to life as a result of our owner Ella’s passion and experience in both youth advocacy and performing arts.
Ella has a wealth of youth advocacy experience, acting as a UNICEF Aotearoa Youth Ambassador, speaking on parliamentary panels on the rights of the child, and sitting across several student advocacy organisations.
Her experience in the arts spans back to the age of 5, when she performed in her first production of Cats, and continues to the present where she teaches across multiple dance schools with students a variety of ages, abilities and backgrounds. Over the course of her career, Ella began to notice young people and their families, particularly those from low socioeconomic areas, often felt like opportunities in the performing arts were out of reach.
When Ella opened Sole, accessibility was right at the forefront. For The Love Of The Art’s extends that mission and encourages community-building across all of the amazing drama, dance and music schools we have in Christchurch.
